Best brush gun calibers

Post your thoughts. I will reveal the winners. This comes from an old test, I own the calibers myself and would have to agree. I do not advocate shooting through brush.

 

If someone knows the exact answer, Wild West will send the winner a gift

 

You don't need to cast a vote duh that would give away the answer

 

What are we hunting? How thick is the brush? I would go 12ga. OO buckshot. But since you said caliber I presume you mean rifle or pistol.

Gary

 

Test was centerfire caliber, through the brush with the best grouping, I believe it was 30 yards

 

It might have been 50 yard

 

Hint---- only 2 calibers hit the target, so winner must pick both calibers, one time answer

 

Hint---#2 caliber range .220-.458, multiple tests to confirm results

 

how do i vote? pm?
this aint making sense for a dummy like me

 

44mag
45/70

 

350 and 45/70?

 

30/30 - 45/70

 

What we call brush up here there are times you can't hardly get your gun up to your shoulder!

Gary

 

WildWest will decide what the winners will receive, since it is a combination question you may have two cracks at it, pretty tough trivia anyhow

 

the 30-30 is what everyone around here used to call the best brush gun.
the 35 remington was very popular in the first half of the 19th century but the 30-06 is the most popular hunting cartridge overall.
i think the term brush gun was more about the short size of the lever guns than actually being able to shoot a bullet through sticks and leaves
30-30 and 30-06 are my answers

 

What exactly are we shooting at?

 

Shooting was heavy brush with target out the back side at 10 yards, all calibers were shot 3 times with different grain bullets and a final test with the best performing calibers, funny thing is Hint---ballistic coefficient is real despite some others opinions, the funny thing is only two calibers were even close to target center or even hit the target, fragments were diacarded

 

Hint #3 the military uses a wildcat version of one of the cartridges